Benjamin Layug News Today

Memorial Day, which is celebrated on the last Monday of May (this year on May 29) in the United States, may not be a national holiday here but it is celebrated at the 61.5-hectare, sobering but serenely beautiful Manila American Cemetery and Memorial. It is the largest of 26 cemeteries and 29 memorials, monuments and markers

The year 2021 is a milestone year in the history of our country, it being the quincentenary of Christianity in the Philippines. The year is even more significant for admirers of nationalist, writer and National Hero Jose Rizal as June 19th is his 160th birth anniversary and December 30th is…